“This is a marvelous, brilliant, un-put-down-able book that swings between dark whimsy and harrowing bleakness with dexterity and skill. At the very end of the grimy ...”
3935. On the afternoon of the birthday party Harriet’s sister Clara came for a visit and to have tea, and to give her sister her birthday presents in advance, before the other guests arrived. We have spent so much time talking about Emily and her tutor that I think I should remind you about Harriet’s sister, and her peculiar situation. 3936. The sister, Clara was one of those persons who find religion at a certain point in their lives. Having discovered religion, it takes over their mind completely and they begin to try to convert their friends and neighbors to their new found ideas. 3937. You know quite well that I, personally, was suspicious of Clara’s convictions and I harbor the notion that she has become devoted to the church simply to escape from the claustrophobic atmosphere of her house. I have already mentioned before that the trips to her Bible study group were just a screen to give her a little freedom from tending for her dying husband. 3938. You might think that if Clara’s so called religion was just an excuse to get her out of the house, she might be luke-warm about the convictions of others, but in her situation the opposite was the case. She felt it was necessary to convert others, and the weaker her faith was, the stronger was her need to preach to her friends and relations.
A curated selection of stylish, functional accessories for gardening outdoors and in - tools, seeds, inspiring books, aprons, watering cans and more...
Milkweed attracts Monarch butterflies to your yard, making it an important part of the ecosystem. Because of that, make sure you avoid making this one mistake.
More than 1,500 black and white images show the lives of impoverished families and the lowly beginnings of towns like Rock, Fowey, Newquay and St Ives before they became tourist hotspots.
The Duchess of Cambridge's co-designed family-friendly woodland space garden will be officially unveiled next week at the Chelsea Flower Show in London.
_______________ 'The Morville Hours is the most beautiful book I have read in years' - Nigel Slater 'A truly remarkable book that is both intimate and universal. We are left with a renewed sense of what it is to be human' - Daily Telegraph 'This is gardening writing at its best. Swift's prose brings the garden alive in all its details, scents and meaning ... Evocative, heartfelt and magical' - Guardian _______________ In 1988 Katherine Swift arrived at the Dower House at Morville to create a garden of her own. This beautifully written, utterly absorbing book is the history of the many people who have lived in the same Shropshire house, tending the same soil, passing down stories over the generations. Spanning thousands of years, The Morville Hours takes the form of a medieval Book of Hours. It is a meditative journey through the seasons, but also a journey of self-exploration. It is a book about finding one's place in the world and putting down roots.
Cornelius Robinson, tending to his garden. Cornelius lived in Robinson House from the 1870s until his death in 1921.
Godfried Schalcken (Made 1643-1706 The Hague), Young Girl Eating Sweets, 1680–85. Oil on panel, 7 3/8 x 6 1/8 inches (18.6 x 15.5 cm). The Rose-marie and Eijk van Otterloo Collection. SAN FRANCISCO, CA.- One of the world's best private collections...
She was my great-great-grandfather’s mother and the last native of Petaluma: not the city we know today, but the ancient Coast Miwok village of the same name.
British front gardens are disappearing. Why are people paving over their lawns?
Homemaking skills help anyone turn a house into a home, no matter where they live. These skills are still relevant, and they deserve renewed attention.
The 18th of June was a very sad day for us at our home, as it marked the passing of a beloved heroine and inspirational figure, Ms. Tasha Tudor. Though famous as a children's book illustrator and author, I loved the books that Tovah Martin wrote about her lifestyle, and the beautiful pictures by Richard Brown. What a lovely, inspiring, gentle life, and what wit and wisdom she displayed! Although we never met her personally, we sense a great loss, knowing that her candle has gone out. Certainly Heaven has a new star, and will be made brighter for it. Goodbye, dear friend!
One of California's most common freshwater wetland plants was — and is — one of its most useful resources.
A felted saddle found in the frozen Pazyryk tombs in Siberia in 1949. The saddle might be as old as 2500 years. A traditional Kazakh felt yu...
A super fresh and healthy Cauliflower Tabouli salad. 10 ingredients, 10 minutes and naturally gluten free. The perfect side dish for your summer BBQ!
Wood ash from your fireplace, woodstove, or outdoor boiler may seem like a waste product, but there are a surprising number of uses for wood ash. Historically, wood ash was an asset, and there are
It might simply be the name. People are suckers for evocative house names. You see houses called Wuthering Heights and Gone With The Wind all over the world.
In this episode, Farmer D continues to dig into tilling and tending the soil, covering the basics of working the soil.
Visit these living history sites if you ever need to escape 2013 for a bit.
Last week we were in the herbs, this week we move to the rest of the food pantry and I mean the rest – from peanuts to beans and rice, potatoes to sesame. Horticulturist Brie Arthur wants us to plant more food – everywhere – from around the base of our foundation planting shrubs, to the far reaches of whatever our property might be. Brie joins us today from her home and foodscaped garden in North Carolina to share more, including her incredible enthusiasm. Brie is all about the creed of the 4
Before Europeans first arrived in Asia, China was one of the most advanced and powerful nations in the world. It was the most populous, was politically unified, and most importantly, it had mastered the art of agriculture. However, when Europeans first landed on Chinese shores, they found a nation that had revered to traditional culture and warfare. Industrialization was almost nonexistent. At the beginning of the 20th century, China was divided into sphere of influence with each powerful Western nation trying to exert as much control over it as possible. The Chinese resented foreigners control and expressed this at the beginning of the 20th century with the Boxer Rebellion. At the same time, the traditional government of China began to fail in the early years. The Chinese people, being resentful of foreigners and dissatisfied with inability of the present government to throw them out, initiated the Revolution of 1911, replacing the Chinese 2000 year old imperial system with the Republic of China headed by Sun Yat-sen. Here is an amazing collection of vintage photographs taken in pre-revolution China, in Pre Deng XiaoPing period (1870-1946). Chinese Family [c1875] Attribution Unk Group Of Chinese Women With Fans, Canton, China [c1880] Afong Lai Greatwall China [1907] Herbert G. Ponting Boxer Prisoners Captured By 6th US Cavalry, Tientsin, China [1901] Underwood & Co Beggars, Beihai Park [c1917-1919] Sydney D. Gamble Cholon Actress, Cholon, Saigon, French Cochinchina [c1900's] Attribution Unk Qing Court Return, The Emperess Dowerger [1902] George E. Morrison China, Manchu Ladies Of The Palace Being Warned To Stop Smoking [c1910-1925] Frank & Frances Carpenter Interior Canal, Canton, China [c1917-1919] Sidney D. Gamble Pekin, Walls Of The Tartar City [c1894-1896] William H. Jackson Muslim Bandits, Xinjiang, China [c1915] Marc Aurel Stein Peking To Paris Autorace [1907] Attribution Unk Bride On Her Way To Wedding, Fuzhou Fujian China [c1911-1913] Ralph G. Gold Bomb Protection [c1940] Attribution Unk Mouth Of Coal Mine In Mountain Ridge West Of Ta Chu, China MAR [1909] Thomas C. Chamberlin Bridges By Which The Night Police Of The Roofs Cross The Streets, Canton, China [1900] Underwood & Co. Chang The Chinese Giant [c1870] Attribution Unk Chinese Punishment, Whipping A Lawbreaker [c1900] Attribution Unk Peking Mission School Children At Play, The Dragon's Head, China [1902] Carlton H. Graves Co Foot Bound Girls, Liao Chow, Shansi, China [c1930] IE Oberholtzer (Probable) During The Famine Young Child Dying In The Gutter, China [1946] Geroge Silk Taiwan Aborigines, Bunun Tribe, Formosa [c1900] Attribution Unk Empress Gobele Wan Rong [c1920-1940] Attribution Unk Toy Vendor, Chinatown, San Francisco [c1900s] Arnold Genthe Example Of A Coiffure On A Tartar Or Manchu Female, Frontview, Peking, Pechili Province, China [1869] John Thomson The Meridian Gate, Entrance To The Forbidden City, Peking China [1927] Herbert C. White Black, Chinese Frances Carpenter Ulysses S. Grant & Li Hung Chang, Tientsin, China [1879] Attribution Unk Jade Belt Bridge & Boat, Summer Palace, Peking, China [c1924] Sidney D. Gamble Men Laden With Tea, Sichuan Sheng, China [1908] Ernest H. Wilson Imperial Gate Of The Imperial City, Looking North, Peking, China [1901] Hawley C. White Co. Family In Lanchow, China [1944] Fr. Mark Tennien Kampa Dzong, Tibet [1904] John C. White Forest Temple Near Chefoo, Shantung, China [c1895] William H. Jackson Singing Girls, Hong Kong, China [c1901] Benjamin W. Kilburn Co. A Boat On A River With Rolling Hills In The Background In The Kiangsu Province Or Yunnan Province In China [1946] Arthur Rothstein Chinese Aviatrix Receives Gift Of New Plane From Colonel Roscoe Turner, Washington, D.C. [1939] Harris & Ewing Natives At Breakfast, Movable Chow Shop, Canton, China [c1919] Keystone View Co. Rich Merchants Dining With Singing Girls, Pekin, China [c1901] Benjamin W. Kilburn A Chinese Professor, China [c1919] Keystone View Co. Six Strongmen In Traditional Dress, China [1909] William Purdom Cake Of Millet & Jujubes, Peking, China [1915] Frank N. Meyer The Harvard Houseboat, Kiating Fu, China [1908] Ernest H. Wilson Stele Pavilion, SacredWay, Ming Tombs, Peking, China [c1900] Attribution Unk Mercenary Artillerymen Supplied With Guns & Ammunition By The British [c1880] Attribution Unk Canton, China [c1880] R.H. Brown Flower Boats, Canton China [c1871] Emil Rusfeldt View Of An Old Village, Kowloon Peninsula, Hong Kong [c1946] Hedda Morrison Kidnapped Girls, Foochow, China [1904] Attribution Unk Yung Ting Men, Front View Of The Two Towers & The Barbican [1924] Osvald Siren Jeunes Filles Chinoises [c1901] René Parison Tibetan Lhacham, Tibet [c1879] Sarat Chandra Das Bowl Shaped Objects Scattered Outside A Building, Yunnan, China [1922] Joseph F. C. Rock Ching Yang Temple, Chentu, China [1908] Ernest H. Wilson Leuchtturm Im Cantonfluss [c1891] C. R. Hager Fisherman In Grand Canal By The East Gate, Peking, China [1907] Herbert C. White Co. Queen's Road On Chinese New Years Day, Hong Kong, China [1902] Carlton H. Graves China, Kuan Hsien Temple [1908] Ernest H. Wilson Drache Am Schleusenrand Im Túngchou-Kanal, Peking, Chihli Province [c1906] Ernst Boerschmann Examination Hall With 7500 Cells, Canton, China [1873] Attribution Unk Der Industriebezirk Der Salzbrunnen, Tzeliutsing, Szechúan Province [c1906] Ernst Boerschmann Auf Der Reise Zum Kloster Des Himmelsknaben Bei Ningpo, Ningpo-Tíen Túng Sze, Chekiang Province [c1906] Ernst Boerschmann Der Abt Des Klosters, Tíen túng sze, Chekiang Province [c1906] Ernst Boerschmann Young Mother Carrying A Child On Her Back In The Market, Hong Kong Island [c1946] Hedda Morrison Produce & Wares From Shops Along The Sides Of A Typical Backstreet, Western District, Hong Kong Island [c1946] Hedda Morrison Seated Man Amid Baskets Of Fish & Hanging Dried Fish, Eastern Districts, Hong Kong Island [c1946] Hedda Morrison Produce & Wares From Shops Along The Sides Of A Typical Backstreet, Western District, Hong Kong Island [c1946] Hedda Morrison House Interior Showing Woman With Bound Feet Tending A Stove In The Lost Tribe Country [1936] Hedda Morrison House Interior Showing A Woman At A Brick Stove, A Bucket & A Ladle Made From A Gourd In The Lost Tribe Country [1936] Hedda Morrison Fisher Families With Junks In Aberdeen Harbor, Hong Kong Island [c1946] Hedda Morrison Men With Leopard At The Dongan Mission, China [1932] Fr. Otto Rauschenbach China's Common Carrier, Her Substitute For Railways, A Camel Square In Peking, China [1901] Underwood & Co
